according to the group’s executive
director, Sheepshead
Bay resident Raisa Chernina.
“All these years, he’s been
with us,” Chernina said.
Police Department brass —
including 61st Precinct Commanding
Offi cer Capt. James
King, 61st Precinct Community
Council President Yves
Etienne, 63rd Precinct Commanding
Offi cer Capt. Tito
Romero, and Sgt. Zagham Abbas
— joined local elected offi
cials and civic leaders for
the bash at Skazka restaurant
in Sheepshead Bay, where
Chernina and her group presented
the chief with a plaque
thanking him for his important
work keeping the city
safe.
Chernina founded the Be
Proud Foundation 15 years
ago, she said, and has staged
its annual Police Appreciation
Luncheon for the past 13
years.
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BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
Hail to the Deputy Chief!
Brooklynites gathered to
toast Police Department Deputy
Chief Charles Scholl of Patrol
Borough Brooklyn South
at a Dec. 7 luncheon that a borough
do-good group organized
in the top cop’s honor.
Leaders of the Be Proud
Foundation paid tribute to
Deputy Chief Scholl’s decades
of service, and his continued
support of their organization,
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RECOGNIZING SERVICE: (Left) From left to right, Sergeant Zagham
Abbas, Deputy Chief Charles Scholl, 63rd Precinct Commanding Offi cer
Capt. Tito Romero, and 61st Precinct Commanding Offi cer Capt. James
King attended the Be Proud police appreciation luncheon in Scholl’s honor.
(Above) Be Proud Foundation founder Raisa Chernina, left, organized
the event to toast the long-time cop. Photos by Trey Pentecost
Saluting cop’s selfl essness